The General toolbar contains some of the functions you will probably use the most in AutoREALM.

Selection Used to select objects; selected objects are used in many AutoREALM commands.

Zoom Zooms in (left click), zooms out (right click), or zooms to a particular area (click and drag a zoom rectangle).

Pan Used to navigate around the map; click and drag to pan the map in the direction of the cursor movement.

Ruler Measure map distances by clicking and dragging to find the distance of the line. Right click and choose Change Units to use a different unit.

String Measure map distances by drawing a route. Right click and choose Change Units to use a different unit.

Save Save the current map.

Repaint Draws the map again.

Undo Undoes the last action. Hovering the mouse over the undo button will display the action that will be undone.

Redo Redoes the last undone action. Hovering the mouse over the redo button will display the action that will be redone.

Read-only Sets the map to read-only mode, so that changes cannot be accidentally made. Trying to change the map while it is read-only will briefly flash the icon as a reminder that you cannot edit the map.